Mark Francois

“This is the 21st century, and you cannot hold a nation captive against their will.”

“We have civil servants like Ollie Robbins who are very pro-E.U., who have never wanted us to leave and have done everything in their power, including colluding with the European Union, to try and keep us in.”

“The British people voted to leave the European Union - let's just leave.”

“Some people write me off as a bit of a hick from an Essex council estate. I realize that. But I can read.”

“I'm not going to criticise Nick Boles because he fought off cancer.”

“I was in the Army. I wasn't trained to lose.”

“Some MPs, some very senior civil servants and others, are basically conspiring - and I use the word deliberately - in order to try and prevent us from leaving the E.U. They have never accepted the verdict of the British people in the referendum.”

“I believe Theresa May has failed as leader of our party, which she threatens to destroy.”

“My father, Reginald Francois, was a D-Day veteran. He never submitted to bullying by any German, and neither will his son.”